Title 46 — Shipping
Part D · Chapter 61 — Reporting Marine Casualties
§ 6102. State marine casualty reporting system
Statutory text
The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for a uniform State marine casualty reporting system for vessels. Regulations shall prescribe the casualties to be reported and the manner of reporting. A State shall compile and submit to the Secretary reports, information, and statistics on casualties reported to the State, including information and statistics concerning the number of casualties in which the use of alcohol contributed to the casualty.
The Secretary shall collect, analyze, and publish reports, information, and statistics on marine casualties together with findings and recommendations the Secretary considers appropriate. If a State marine casualty reporting system provides that information derived from casualty reports (except statistical information) may not be publicly disclosed, or otherwise prohibits use by the State or any person in any action or proceeding against a person, the Secretary may use the information provided by the State only in the same way that the State may use the information.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 98–89 · 97 Stat. 500
Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 6102
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 536
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 536Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–557 § 7(b)(2) · 98 Stat. 2860
Inserted · 46 U.S.C. § 6102(a)
Pub. L. 98–557 inserted provisions relating to alcohol as a contributing factor to the casualty
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–557 inserted provisions relating to alcohol as a contributing factor to the casualty.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Section 6102(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “, including information and statistics concerning the number of casualties in which the use of alcohol contributed to the casualty”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | |
|---|---|
| Revised section | Source section (U.S. Code) |
| 6102 | 46:1486 |
Section 6102(a) requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations for a uniform State marine casualty reporting system for vessels. The Secretary may limit the scope and types of casualties to be investigated and reported by the State. It also requires the State to submit to the Secretary reports, information, and statistics on casualties reported to the State.
Subsection (b) requires the Secretary to analyze the information that is received from the State. It also prohibits the Secretary from disclosing the information, proceeding against any person based on this information, or otherwise using the information, if the State cannot use the information in the same way.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–557 inserted provisions relating to alcohol as a contributing factor to the casualty.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Plan To Increase Marine Casualty Reporting
Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 314(a), , 110 Stat. 3922, provided that: “Not later than one year after enactment of this Act [], the Secretary of Transportation shall, in consultation with appropriate State agencies, submit to the Committee on Resources [now Committee on Natural Resources] of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan to increase reporting of vessel accidents to appropriate State law enforcement officials.”
Credits
1983–1984 · 2 acts
- 1983Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 536
- 1984Pub. L. 98–557, § 7(b)(2), , 98 Stat. 2862.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, , 97 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 98–557, § 7(b)(2), , 98 Stat. 2862.)